@cmpyle.bsky.social
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Them: “Paris is only nice because it was built before cars and they protected all of the beautiful historic architecture.“
Paris:
Paris:
August 20, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Them: “Paris is only nice because it was built before cars and they protected all of the beautiful historic architecture.“
Paris:
Paris:
Times Square Building in Rochester NY, or as I like to call it, the Dr. Doofenschmirz building, looking delightfully sinister with the cloudy weather we’ve been having.
#architecture
#evilbuildings
#architecture
#evilbuildings
August 21, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Times Square Building in Rochester NY, or as I like to call it, the Dr. Doofenschmirz building, looking delightfully sinister with the cloudy weather we’ve been having.
#architecture
#evilbuildings
#architecture
#evilbuildings
August 18, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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A devastating crash in Astoria has left three people dead. I'm heartbroken for the victims and their loved ones.
We can't normalize this. It's time to commit to streets that are safe for everyone.
We can't normalize this. It's time to commit to streets that are safe for everyone.
3 dead after car crashes into coffee truck, pedestrians in Astoria
Eyewitnesses said the vehicle was speeding before slamming into the parked coffee truck.
abc7ny.com
August 12, 2025 at 4:08 PM
A devastating crash in Astoria has left three people dead. I'm heartbroken for the victims and their loved ones.
We can't normalize this. It's time to commit to streets that are safe for everyone.
We can't normalize this. It's time to commit to streets that are safe for everyone.
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Barcelona has transformed 160 intersections into public spaces, and I think every city should implement superblocks like this immediately.
August 9, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Barcelona has transformed 160 intersections into public spaces, and I think every city should implement superblocks like this immediately.
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An outbound L Taraval glides down its namesake street (newly rebuilt with station boarding islands and safer intersections) in San Francisco.
July 3, 2025 at 12:32 AM
An outbound L Taraval glides down its namesake street (newly rebuilt with station boarding islands and safer intersections) in San Francisco.
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For a while, it was believed that women and gay men are born with a natural sense for aesthetics. In reality, straight men, particularly American male Protestants, have simply barred themselves from taking an interest in aesthetics because they think this makes them noble.
July 19, 2025 at 1:15 AM
For a while, it was believed that women and gay men are born with a natural sense for aesthetics. In reality, straight men, particularly American male Protestants, have simply barred themselves from taking an interest in aesthetics because they think this makes them noble.
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We Could Have This All The Time
July 12, 2025 at 12:02 AM
We Could Have This All The Time
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can you just say there’s a rule?
July 10, 2025 at 1:26 AM
can you just say there’s a rule?
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OK, here is your one-minute primer on the whole concept of "trickle down economics," from the obituary of Fred Smith, the founder of Fedex.
I mean, if you still can't see it, I have no hope for you.
I mean, if you still can't see it, I have no hope for you.
June 23, 2025 at 2:40 AM
OK, here is your one-minute primer on the whole concept of "trickle down economics," from the obituary of Fred Smith, the founder of Fedex.
I mean, if you still can't see it, I have no hope for you.
I mean, if you still can't see it, I have no hope for you.
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The streets in your city are too wide
📍Center City, Philadelphia
📍Center City, Philadelphia
June 23, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The streets in your city are too wide
📍Center City, Philadelphia
📍Center City, Philadelphia
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How Far do your tax dollars for Transit go?
After people complaining over and over that SEPTA was inefficient, I had to run the numbers of Ridership to Operating budgets and would you look at that.
Not only is SEPTA good with money, but they are literally the best in the US
After people complaining over and over that SEPTA was inefficient, I had to run the numbers of Ridership to Operating budgets and would you look at that.
Not only is SEPTA good with money, but they are literally the best in the US
April 30, 2025 at 3:11 PM
How Far do your tax dollars for Transit go?
After people complaining over and over that SEPTA was inefficient, I had to run the numbers of Ridership to Operating budgets and would you look at that.
Not only is SEPTA good with money, but they are literally the best in the US
After people complaining over and over that SEPTA was inefficient, I had to run the numbers of Ridership to Operating budgets and would you look at that.
Not only is SEPTA good with money, but they are literally the best in the US
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Some interesting insights here, including that people are much more influenced by *people they follow* switching platforms than by their own *followers* switching platforms.
Preprint: "Why Academics are Leaving Twitter for Bluesky" arxiv.org/abs/2505.24801
Preprint: "Why Academics are Leaving Twitter for Bluesky" arxiv.org/abs/2505.24801
June 2, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Some interesting insights here, including that people are much more influenced by *people they follow* switching platforms than by their own *followers* switching platforms.
Preprint: "Why Academics are Leaving Twitter for Bluesky" arxiv.org/abs/2505.24801
Preprint: "Why Academics are Leaving Twitter for Bluesky" arxiv.org/abs/2505.24801
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A community-owned fiber ISP named UTOPIA has been offering Utah locals ultra-fast, affordable fiber broadband.
This upset telecom monopolies, which then funded a dodgy proxy org named the "Utah Taxpayers Association" to try and scare locals away from the idea.
It didn't work:
This upset telecom monopolies, which then funded a dodgy proxy org named the "Utah Taxpayers Association" to try and scare locals away from the idea.
It didn't work:
Utopia Fiber finishes Bountiful build despite dark money campaign
Utopia Fiber finishes its open access network in Bountiful, Utah ahead of scheduleIn the beginning of the project, dark money groups fought it
www.fierce-network.com
June 3, 2025 at 12:23 PM
A community-owned fiber ISP named UTOPIA has been offering Utah locals ultra-fast, affordable fiber broadband.
This upset telecom monopolies, which then funded a dodgy proxy org named the "Utah Taxpayers Association" to try and scare locals away from the idea.
It didn't work:
This upset telecom monopolies, which then funded a dodgy proxy org named the "Utah Taxpayers Association" to try and scare locals away from the idea.
It didn't work:
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Today on Volts: parking is the "dark matter" of land use, invisibly making everything worse, but most municipalities continue to mandate minimum levels of it. WA state just passed some awesome parking reform & I dig into it with @citizen-cate.bsky.social & Alan Durning of @sightline.org.
Parking reform in Washington, parking reform everywhere!
Washington's bold new parking reform bill will make housing more abundant and inspire other states, explain Sightline's Catie Gould and Alan Durning.
www.volts.wtf
May 28, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Today on Volts: parking is the "dark matter" of land use, invisibly making everything worse, but most municipalities continue to mandate minimum levels of it. WA state just passed some awesome parking reform & I dig into it with @citizen-cate.bsky.social & Alan Durning of @sightline.org.
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Had my first bike commute this week since congestion pricing went into effect and the improvement is *insane*. Totally transformative.
April 25, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Had my first bike commute this week since congestion pricing went into effect and the improvement is *insane*. Totally transformative.
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these people hate DEI because they would be unemployable in any system where they couldn’t rely on favoritism and nepotism
April 23, 2025 at 3:22 PM
these people hate DEI because they would be unemployable in any system where they couldn’t rely on favoritism and nepotism
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BREAKING: SCOTUS orders the government not to remove from the country, for the time being, any of the individuals slated for possible deportation to El Salvador. The vote is apparently 7-2, with Justices Thomas and Alito in dissent
April 19, 2025 at 4:58 AM
BREAKING: SCOTUS orders the government not to remove from the country, for the time being, any of the individuals slated for possible deportation to El Salvador. The vote is apparently 7-2, with Justices Thomas and Alito in dissent
The American mind simply cannot comprehend being able to take transit to IKEA
April 14, 2025 at 3:48 PM
The American mind simply cannot comprehend being able to take transit to IKEA
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Ad from tariff mastermind Peter Navarro's NIMBY run for mayor of San Diego in 1992
Courtesy of @pewilliams.bsky.social on Twitter
Courtesy of @pewilliams.bsky.social on Twitter
April 9, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Ad from tariff mastermind Peter Navarro's NIMBY run for mayor of San Diego in 1992
Courtesy of @pewilliams.bsky.social on Twitter
Courtesy of @pewilliams.bsky.social on Twitter
Before WWII, “streetcar suburbs,” oriented towards horse-drawn and later mechanical trams, were common in many US cities. Then automakers bought up all the infrastructure and promptly tore it up.
We can bring this back, all we need is the political will. The Auto lobby is not all-powerful
We can bring this back, all we need is the political will. The Auto lobby is not all-powerful
me to the united states: this could be us but you playin’
A former French military base, Vauban is a thriving neighbourhood of 5,500 residents connected to Freiburg town centre by bus and light rail. Built in the late 1990s as a radical experiment in low-car living, it forgoes virtually all on-street parking in favour of active, green, and social spaces. 🧵
April 2, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Before WWII, “streetcar suburbs,” oriented towards horse-drawn and later mechanical trams, were common in many US cities. Then automakers bought up all the infrastructure and promptly tore it up.
We can bring this back, all we need is the political will. The Auto lobby is not all-powerful
We can bring this back, all we need is the political will. The Auto lobby is not all-powerful
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A former French military base, Vauban is a thriving neighbourhood of 5,500 residents connected to Freiburg town centre by bus and light rail. Built in the late 1990s as a radical experiment in low-car living, it forgoes virtually all on-street parking in favour of active, green, and social spaces. 🧵
April 1, 2025 at 7:03 AM
A former French military base, Vauban is a thriving neighbourhood of 5,500 residents connected to Freiburg town centre by bus and light rail. Built in the late 1990s as a radical experiment in low-car living, it forgoes virtually all on-street parking in favour of active, green, and social spaces. 🧵
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NEW: ACLU tells Judge Boasberg that he should reject the government's invocation of the state-secrets privilege, saying that it is "unaware of *any* case in which [it] has been invoked to withhold evidence from a court seeking to enforce its own orders." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
![PLAINTIFES' RESPONSE TO DEFENDANTS' INVOCATION
OF THE STATE SECRETS PRIVILEGE
INTRODUCTION
On March 25, the Court directed Plaintiffs to file their response, if any, to Defendants'
Notice Invoking the State Secrets Privilege (ECF No. 56).
Two threshold matters bear emphasis. First, Plaintiffs respectfully submit that the Court
already possesses the information it needs to conclude that its March 15 oral and written
temporary restraining orders were violated. The government has confirmed that "two flights carrying aliens being removed under the AEA departed U.S. airspace before the Court's minute order of 7:25 PM EDT, and before the Court's oral statements during the hearing." Decl. of Robert L. Cerna, Acting Field Office Director, ICE (ECF No. 49-1). The government has also confirmed that it is "not contest[ing] for the purposes of these proceedings that the planes landed
abroad, and that the aliens on board were deplaned, after the issuance of the Court's minute order." Defs. Notice Invoking State Secrets Privilege 7-8 (ECF No. 56) ("Defs. Notice"). These facts, standing alone, establish that the government failed to comply with both of the Court's (excerpt ends here)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qrllvid7s54k4hnwtqxwetrf/bafkreidlciwjzmtbb32wujmohhzouhugxpop6p7ek7fteffi6jb3u6nyby@jpeg)
April 1, 2025 at 12:21 AM
NEW: ACLU tells Judge Boasberg that he should reject the government's invocation of the state-secrets privilege, saying that it is "unaware of *any* case in which [it] has been invoked to withhold evidence from a court seeking to enforce its own orders." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...